My own little zoo for this theme...
May X never mark just one spot!
Kim
Showing posts with label Graphic Design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Graphic Design. Show all posts
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Daily Doodle: Day 5
I had fun doing the poster yesterday so I think I'm going to do a few more...
May X never mark just one spot!
Kim
Monday, October 11, 2010
BOSTON!!!!
I am here. I am in Boston. Right now, as I write this, I am in Boston, Massachusetts. It happened so fast that I barely believe I'm here, but after 13 hours of driving (there is a reason I'm a disoriented artist) over two days, I AM IN BOSTON! I actually got here on Friday but had to unpack and all of that. I know it's been over two weeks since my last post but I'm back and better then ever!
Today was my first meeting with my boss at my internship and I think I'm really going to like it there. For those of you wondering what my internship is here is a brief overview. I'm interning for a Boston based DJ, doing all sorts of graphic design projects for him. He owns his own DJ/production company and an event promotion company. He is also working on setting up a DJ collective that consists of three DJ's, the twist being that the three DJ's are really just all him with a different identity for the three different genres of music he will play. I don't know if I explained that quite right but I hope you get the idea. Anyway, that's where I come in. I, along with his other graphic design intern, will be creating a site for each of the three identities as well as a site for the collective. It's going to be a lot of work but he really wants sites that are creative and fun so I can't wait.
In honor of my new musically inspired internship I thought the second half of this post should be about some album art. I've always loved album art, I think that it is one of the best way to be a commercial designer but still have a ton of freedom to be creative and experiment. My boss had a bunch of old album covers framed in his studio which I thought was very fitting and looked great. Here are a few album covers that I personally adore.
Now I do realize I left out the classics but everyone has seen those a thousand times, so why should I repost? And these are also mostly from music I listen to, so I'm probably a little biased, but it's my blog so that's the point I guess. It's a very diverse group but I think they all have something that really makes them stand out. What's your favorite album cover of the moment?
May X never mark just one spot!
Kim
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| Great poster by Ork Posters, they have a bunch of other cities too! |
Today was my first meeting with my boss at my internship and I think I'm really going to like it there. For those of you wondering what my internship is here is a brief overview. I'm interning for a Boston based DJ, doing all sorts of graphic design projects for him. He owns his own DJ/production company and an event promotion company. He is also working on setting up a DJ collective that consists of three DJ's, the twist being that the three DJ's are really just all him with a different identity for the three different genres of music he will play. I don't know if I explained that quite right but I hope you get the idea. Anyway, that's where I come in. I, along with his other graphic design intern, will be creating a site for each of the three identities as well as a site for the collective. It's going to be a lot of work but he really wants sites that are creative and fun so I can't wait.
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| Beat Train Productions (the NY branch) |
In honor of my new musically inspired internship I thought the second half of this post should be about some album art. I've always loved album art, I think that it is one of the best way to be a commercial designer but still have a ton of freedom to be creative and experiment. My boss had a bunch of old album covers framed in his studio which I thought was very fitting and looked great. Here are a few album covers that I personally adore.
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| The Decemberists- The Crane Wife Illustration is by Carson Ellis (Image-decemberists.com) |
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| The Decemberists- 5 Songs Illustration is by Carson Ellis (Image-decemberists.com) |
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| Santogold- Self-titled (Image- amazon.com) |
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| Tilly and the Wall- Bottoms of Barrels (Image- tillyandthewall.com) |
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| The Black Keys- Brothers (just in case you weren't sure) (Image- theblackkeys.com) |
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| Ben Kweller- Sha Sha (Image- goodrecords.com) |
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| She & Him- Volume Two (Image- sheandhim.com) |
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| It's alive!!! I'm not such a fan of the color scheme or even the pattern but I do love how trippy it is. Animal Collective- Merriweather Post Pavilion (Image- drewtewksbury.com) |
May X never mark just one spot!
Kim
Friday, September 24, 2010
Tennis Anyone?
A month or two ago I came across an iPod Touch app called Layer Tennis. I was just searching around for graphic design and art related apps so I didn't really know what to expect. What I found was pretty cool.
Every Friday there is a new match between two designers, each match consists of 10 "volleys". As in the traditional game of tennis there is a serve. In Layer tennis the serve is a file that one of the designers made before the match started. After that the two designers send the image back and forth adding on and changing the image. After each volley the image is posted live on the site and there is a commentator for each match giving often funny and interesting opinions to what each designer has to offer. The most amazing thing to me is that the designers only have 15 minutes for each volley. I repeat, 15 MINUTES! The things these people do is so well done and creative. They never know what the other designer is going to do yet the manage to bring their best. After each match people who hold a "season pass" (myself included) can vote for who think they won the match on Twitter
Adobe does sponsor the site so that automatically tells you there are going to be some high quality designers featured and I haven't been disappointed yet. I admit I've only just gotten to season two (they have three seasons so far) but it is such a great idea and they all know how to deliver. I love match one and four of season one, they are both must sees. Things also start to heat up when animation is added to the equation in a couple matches towards the end of season one.
If anyone wants, I'm totally down for starting our own Layer Tennis Competition. Anyone game?
I don't think that I'll ever be able to watch a normal game of tennis again (not that I ever really watched tennis in the first place). You just never know what to expect, each match is so different.
May X never mark just one spot!
Kim
(Image from Layer Tennis)
Every Friday there is a new match between two designers, each match consists of 10 "volleys". As in the traditional game of tennis there is a serve. In Layer tennis the serve is a file that one of the designers made before the match started. After that the two designers send the image back and forth adding on and changing the image. After each volley the image is posted live on the site and there is a commentator for each match giving often funny and interesting opinions to what each designer has to offer. The most amazing thing to me is that the designers only have 15 minutes for each volley. I repeat, 15 MINUTES! The things these people do is so well done and creative. They never know what the other designer is going to do yet the manage to bring their best. After each match people who hold a "season pass" (myself included) can vote for who think they won the match on Twitter
Adobe does sponsor the site so that automatically tells you there are going to be some high quality designers featured and I haven't been disappointed yet. I admit I've only just gotten to season two (they have three seasons so far) but it is such a great idea and they all know how to deliver. I love match one and four of season one, they are both must sees. Things also start to heat up when animation is added to the equation in a couple matches towards the end of season one.
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| Season 1, Match 1, Volley 4, Shaun Inman |
If anyone wants, I'm totally down for starting our own Layer Tennis Competition. Anyone game?
I don't think that I'll ever be able to watch a normal game of tennis again (not that I ever really watched tennis in the first place). You just never know what to expect, each match is so different.
May X never mark just one spot!
Kim
(Image from Layer Tennis)
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Dirty Design
Earlier this summer I stumbled across a New York based designer, Annica Lydenberg and her company Dirty Bandits. I absolutely love her spunky illustrations and custom typography. She has a great combination of humor and style that is very refreshing. She does a lot of client work and then some stationary too. Check out these prints...
Who doesn't love cheesy pickup lines? And as an added bonus she posts monthly themed calenders for your computer's desktop. This month's theme? National honey month! It's a cute treat each month and brightens up my desktop. They are screen prints too that you can buy, if it was the beginning of the year I totally would have gotten them! Maybe we'll all be lucky and she'll do a set for 2011!
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| Umm, can you say adorable?! |
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| Even as a vegetarian I love it! |
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| Buzz buzz! |
She sells a lot of her work on Etsy, including the pieces I linked, so be sure to check it out!
That's all for now!
Kim
(all images can be found at dirtybandits.com)
A Little Thursday Fun!
I've never really been a big blog follower but when I decided to start my own I figured I should do some research. I found some really interesting blogs that are very inspiring, including one from the Jones Design Company. She posts a lot of little DIY projects that are really cute. There was one on silhouettes that I thought looked fun so I did a few and I think that they could be really cute hung up in a group with some fun frames. I didn't follow the tutorial exactly but if you don't know Photoshop then her tutorial is a good jumping of point. They didn't take me any time at all once I had the picture of myself that I liked. Try it out and see what you come up with!
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| I love the patterns and colors that she used so I tried the same, a modern take on an old classic |
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| The classic look. |
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| A little taste of the 70's, haha. |
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| This one started out red but looked a little too much like blood, ew! |
I've always loved the simplicity and elegance of silhouettes. Since they are so easy it is definitely an easy decorating fix! I think I might have to explore this further. I might redo the top ones and print them out to hang up. If I do I'll definitely post pictures! I'm definitely going to retake a photo to use, in these I was smiling and I think it makes my mouth looks a little funny, haha.
Have fun,
Kim
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